Improvement in door-plates



W. TRACY.

DOOR-PLATES.

Patented March 6,1877.

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WILLIAM TRACY, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO GEORGEH. SWORDS, OF- FISHKILL ON HUDSON, NEVVYOR K,

IMPROVEMENT IN DOOR-PLATES.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No; 188,207, dated March6,1877; application filed December 26, 1876. v I I To all whom it mayconcern:

'Be it known that 1, WILLIAM TRACY, of Poughkeepsie, in the county ofDutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedDoor-Plate; and that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part ofthis specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in door-plates and theinvention consists in a name-plate. combined with a back plate by studsand slots, the nameplate being provided with a central guidefin and astop-flange, the back-plate having an opening formed in it for thereception of letters and other mail matter.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of myinvention, showing name-plate raised. Fig. 2 is a cross section of sameapplied to a door; and Fig. 3 a rear view of same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

By this invention the ordinary door-plate ismadetoserveadoublepurposethatis,besides acting as a name-plate. itcovers a letter-drop formed into a plate immediately behind thenameplate. To effect this I construct a front or name plate, A, withstuds 1) b, a stop-flange, 0, and also with a central guide-fin, d. Thestop-flange, studs, and guide-fin are affixed to the rear surface of thename-plate. plate, B, with slots 0 e and opening f, for the A backreception of letters and other mail matter, and acentral guide-groove,9, formed on its rear surface. is fitted to the front plate by placingthe studs 1) b ofth'e front plate into the slots cent the back plate,and the central guide-fin d into the central guide-groove g of the backplate, the two' plates being held together by screws h h, which areinserted into the studs b b, with washers k is placed under their heads.These washers span the opening of the slots 6 e, and retain the twoplates in place besides. The slots 6 e are surrounded with a raised lip,n, on which the Washers rest, and which slides against the under side ofthe washers as the back plate is moved up and down to cover or uncoverthe letter-opening f.

The back plate B may be attached to the door of the building in anydesirable manner, a chute being formed in the door, through which theletters, &c., drop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A name-plate, combined with, and secured to, a back plate by studs andslots, and provided with a guide tin, whereby the name-plate may slideupward and downward on the backplate, to close and unclose aletter-chuteformed in the back plate, substantially as shown and described.

WM. TRACY.-

Witnesses: R0131. H. HUNTER, H. L. WATTENBERG.

